In 1993, Winfrey was personally invited to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch for an interview with the notoriously private star. Semipresencial en Madrid, Espaa, Maestra en 'Data Management' e Innovacin Tecnolgica 100% en lnea. As Senior Director of Editorial & Strategy, I oversee all of Oprah Daily's digital content, from editorial to video to social media. Jacksons album Dangerous, which had been falling down the charts in the two years after its release, became a top-10 bestseller again. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Michael Jacksons next two major interviews (with Diane Sawyer in 1995 and with Martin Bashir in 2003) would have even more disturbing questions. I don't know him the way I'd like to know him," he said. BRAFMAN: He went through a horrible accident filming a video. me with them and I will put them on here. Welcome to Prime Time. Disfrute de nuestras lecciones personalizadas, breves y divertidas. LEMON: In a BBC interview, Joe Jackson admitted whipping Michael with a switch or a belt, but denied ever beating him. NORRIS: And of course, it paid off for all of us, because, I mean, the idea of MTV without Michael Jackson's videos from "Thriller" is almost inconceivable. LEMON: Ten million dollars a year he could no longer afford. And I would record for hours and hours until it was time to go to sleep. BERRY GORDY, FOUNDER OF MOTOWN: He was exceptional, artistic, and original. "It was the most exciting interview I had ever done," Oprah says. Test yourself, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Michael went from reacting to Oprahs questions with some trepidation to carrying most of the conversation. I'm going to miss him. He was very, very controlled. LEMON: Millions in mourning. He's unconscious? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he spent a lot of internal time reflecting on who he was, where he'd been. BRAFMAN: He always appeared to either be in pain or walking with pain. In 2005, Michael Jackson would go to trial and face perhaps the toughest six months of his life. And I was -- and I kept saying, I just hope he gets a physical trainer, someone to really work him out, to make sure he's healthy and prepared. Michael Jackson Talks . BROCKMAN: I recognized that, you know, this is Michael Jackson. They think Dr. Murray can answer lingering questions about Michael Jackson's death. But Reed cleared up one important thing: Neither Robson nor Safechuck were paid to be a part of Leaving Neverland. LEMON: Brian Monroe sat down with Michael Jackson in September 2007 for "Ebony Magazine." This man was a universal pop icon. In the Michael Jackson interview, this is quite noticeable: she describes the artists disturbing environment with a naivet that makes Michael himself not feel attacked. LEMON: And with Neverland came the children. You look like a monkey. And it was just kind of disgusting and silly. By the end of the documentary, I felt an unexpected emotion: numbness. RODNEY JENKINS, MUSIC PRODUCER: He created things that we've never seen before, visually, in music. So if it gets you, our audience, to see how it happens, then some good would have come of it.". And he said -- and even then he said to me, well, it was more like he says a razzle-dazzle kind of thing. In 1993, Oprah helmed what would become the most-watched TV interview of all time a title which the show still proudly holds. Because of that you became a great performer, and maybe even because you were not given enough love as a child, you wanted the world's love. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, we have a personal doctor here with him, sir. When I think about my childhood, some of my earliest memories are lying on my living room floor watching Michael Jackson's .css-9cezh6{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#E61957;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-9cezh6:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Moonwalker film over and over, and Sundays on the way to my grandparents' house, bellowing the lyrics to "Remember the Time" from the backseat of my Dad's cherry red Jeep. And we started going, we started to get going. It's mysterious. WINFREY: Would he -- did he ever beat you? WINFREY: And that was difficult to take, getting beaten and going on stage and performing? In a March 4 special, Oprah Winfrey interviewed the two men that detailed allegations of childhood sexual abuse by Michael Jackson in an HBO documentary. Sometimes I do get angry. Six months and 14 days later, in the summer of 1993, the first accusations of sexual abuse were made public, and his image was tarnished forever. Not that the trial was going to end badly, but that something would happen to Michael. There's a lot of mysterious phases of Michael Jackson's career, but the last three are particularly mysterious. Oprah, who referenced her own experiences with sexual abuse as a child during the interview, added that when you're as young as Robson and Safechuck were when they allege that Jackson abused them7 and 10you "don't have the language to explain what is happening to you." She explained: Nobody says anything about that!, His physical appearance remained the focus of the conversation. LEMON: Jackson, in his last interview with "Ebony." You heard things from him that you've never heard before. Sometimes he would come to see me, and I would throw up. As an adult too? Yes., Then Oprah started to fire away. KENNY ORTEGA, CHOREOGRAPHER: He was so excited about this project, and so invested. Are you a virgin? Michael sighed, laughed and replied, How could you ask me that question? Ultimately, he sidestepped a direct answer with an odd response. It could not be stopped. And his brothers were on stage with him. BROCKMAN: I feared for Michael Jackson. This is a case of abuse of medications. "Thriller" broke records, with seven top ten singles. She was referencing the naysayers on social media who were alreadybefore even watching the two-part documentarydiscrediting Robson and Safechuck, calling them liars because neither of them had spoken up when they were younger about what they say happened to them. LEMON (on camera): If someone asked you to sing a tribute to Michael Jackson at a service or whatever, what do you think he'd sing? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, and he's not conscious either -- UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, he's not conscious, sir. It was in the same league as David Frosts interview with Richard Nixon in 1977, Barbara Walters interview with Monica Lewinsky in 1999 and, outside the United States, Martin Bashirs interview with Princess Diana in 1995. Without warning, he just broke down and began to sob. xD Jackson vehemently denied the accusation on national TV. When Oprah broached the subject, Michael wouldn't get into specifics but said he'd had less plastic surgery than people thought. Oh, there's a lot of is sadness about my past life and, you know, adolescence, and my father, and all of those things. Again, the 911 tape. That's all tonight at 10:00 p.m. Eastern, right here on CNN, live from Los Angeles. Who do you date? Right now, Brooke Shields. Oprah nodded and murmured Hmm. She comes to my house, or I go to hers, Michael continued. When we continue, chimps, oxygen chambers, the elephant man's bones -- Michael Jackson's bizarre behavior. Before Oprah's interview with Robson, 36, and Safechuck, 40, HBO screened all four hours of Leaving Neverland. BROCKMAN: We were alone in a room. And Jackson showed up in court in his pajamas. As Jackson's marriage began to crumble, so did his career. Then moved back. 1979, "Off the Wall." They were tremendous. In the show, 44-year-old Jackson admitted to letting children sleep with him in his bed at Neverland. Michael, a fiercely private entertainer, had refused to give an interview for 14 years. My father didn't love me enough. "My mother's wonderful. "You can count them on two fingers," he said. Coincidentally, fans were wondering about Michael's much lighter skin tone, from black to white. And Emmanuel Lewis was right there, underlying, like this is not sexual at all. So we started listening to tracks, like De, de, de, de, de, de. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The record flew out of stores. In March, 1988, Jackson finalized the purchase of a 2,600 acre ranch. That was the first time Jackson had given a televised interview since 1979. LEMON: Even though Jackson couldn't replace his earlier success, he never stops innovating. LEMON: Bahrain and back again. LEMON: In 1986, a photograph of Michael asleep in an anti-aging chamber rocked the tabloids. Of course, in all other meetings there were a whole entourage present. But their victory tour reviews were mixed. Oprahs interview succeeded in reducing Jacksons image from lunatic to simply eccentric, wrote The Washington Post shortly thereafter. Yes. With Brooke Shields? Yes. LEMON: The king of pop. According to Winfrey, the conversation was unscripted and uncensored. HIATT: I was looking in an old "Rolling Stone" article from a few years ago and someone said, you'll really know that Michael Jackson is broke when he announces a big European tour. Tern notes that he believes that Michael thought the interview would clean up his image, but instead it showed the grandiloquence of his fame, of having no childhood, which knocks a person off kilter forever.. Beginning at a place called Motown------ All the questioning that we have reviewed to this point occurred in just 30 minutes. JACKSON: It's not sexual. And Michael Jackson was ready to spread his wings. The only way you become immortal is that your work lives on. Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, who's believed to have been with the singer when he died, has hired an attorney. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) LEMON (voice-over): January 16, 2004; it seemed like another classic Michael Jackson performance, surrounded by screaming fans. GORDY: When she told me about another kids' group I said, wait a minute, I got all these other stars. He wasn't making new records. DE PASSE: I went back one more time, mustered up all my courage. Some say the Jackson's turned to music the day their television set broke down, but from the day they started performing, they were destined for stardom. A lot of people sort of paint him with that brush, but realize he was found not guilty. And another girl. The next question that followed was the most striking of the entire encounter, because it was asked of a 35-year-old man who had just claimed that he dated and had been in love. There would be no other form, honestly. But that becomes problematic when sometimes, that means we turn a blind eye to their mistakes, or, in this case (and the cases of other public figures like Kelly, O.J. LEMON: Michael Jackson was officially charged with seven counts of child molestation and several other felonies. This man through his music actually like made a change in the world. ETHAN SMITH, "WALL STREET JOURNAL": After the trial, he had spent a lot of money on lawyers, and had very little coming in. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) LEMON: By the early 1990s, Michael Jackson's new music, even fresh R&B hits like "Remember the Time," couldn't come close to the phenomenon he had created with "Thriller." He felt betrayed. LEMON: The transformation was complete. LEMON: But in 1993, disturbing allegations surfaced concerning Jackson's association with children. NORRIS: From the iconic look to the moonwalk to the glove, the red jacket and the zippers and glasses and the white socks. MJ: Your're always welcome. It remains to be seen how the recently announced film about Michael Jacksons life (which will star his nephew Jaafar and will be directed by Antoine Fuqua) will reflect this transformation. Stay up to date with the latest trends that matter to you most. She was 96-years-old. .css-ssumvd{display:block;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.0625rem;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.25;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-ssumvd:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-ssumvd{letter-spacing:0rem;margin-top:0.9375rem;}}Gayle King Interviews Angela Bassett, Gayle Says March Is a Good Month for TV Lovers, Sheryl Lee Ralphs Definition of True Love, What We Know About The Little Mermaid Remake, Oprah Congratulates Kimmel on 20 Years of His Show, Nikole Hannah-Jones on "The 1619 Project", Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Wakanda Forever Podcast, Oprah Is Acting in Tyler Perrys Next Netflix Film. Jackson told Oprah he suffered from a rare skin disease. And we started -- this is where we started. Here the Jackson 5 won the talent contest and wowed the crowd. You know? LEMON: With each not guilty verdict, the crowd outside cheered. With Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Taylor. That was the start of the plastic surgery, and probably the pain killers. LEMON: By 1985, the pop star began looking different. So an auction of his most personal items seemed like the answer. Meantime, members of Iran's government-linked militia are reportedly raiding homes and beating suspected protesters, who are believed to be taking part in nightly anti-government chants from Tehran roofs. It was his greatest blessing, but, I think, also his biggest curse. While never forgetting any of the sexual details that happened between us, but having no understanding that it was abusehaving no concept in my mind that anything about Michael could ever badeverything that Michael did was right to me for so many years." this is SOOO funny. In 1994, Michael married Lisa Marie Presley. LEMON: Physician Deepak Chopra, a personal friend, said he knew Jackson was taking narcotic painkillers. And, generally, he expressed to me that he was made to feel that he was ugly, that he was not pretty. And he thinks he's being loving. I'm going to miss him so much. It was just sad. Michael, a fiercely private entertainer, had refused to give an interview for 14 years. For instance, Leave Me Alone, from his 1987 album Bad, was the first song in what became something of a subgenre in his musical oeuvre: Michael lamenting media harassment and responding to it with music. TOOBIN: The criminal charges were not a total surprise, because several years earlier, Jackson had settled a civil claim against him by a boy under very similar circumstances. LEMON: When we return, Michael on-stage the night before he died. GORDY: They were sensations. Of course, we're following developments out of Iran tonight. But some wondered whether he could pull off a strenuous 50- concert tour. LEMON: It is Chopra's belief that prescription drug abuse was Jackson's downfall. LEMON: Can you sing it a bit please? It's happening in familieswe know it's happening in churches, and in schools, and sports teams everywhere. DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): From child prodigy to cultural icon. And then Oprah began her interview by saying: "This moment transcends Michael Jackson. At minute 24, Oprah posed the question that everyone was asking themselves in 1993: Did you bleach your skin because you dont like being Black?, Here, for the first time in public, Michael mentioned that he suffered from vitiligo, an autoimmune disease that destroys pigment-producing cells. At the beginning, Oprah asked both men if they were prepared to "get it" for speaking out about Jackson's alleged crimes. It was a tense atmosphere, given that MJ didn't take part in an interview for 14 years. Rank Interviewee Interviewer Avg. I'm Don Lemon. LEMON: Michael had another money-making trick up his sleeve. LEMON: Rowe gave birth to their son, Prince Michael Jackson, in 1997. Leaving Neverland is about the childrenand adultswho are silenced by people like me who are quick to defend accusers simply because of their statusor the people who choose to live in silence because they are afraid of exactly that happening. he looks soo mad wen the alarm goes offits soo cute. He said he urged the singer to keep children out of his bedroom. LEMON: It would take a year before a jury was seated and the trial began. A child's understanding of "abuse". UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There will be charges filed against Mr. Jackson, multiple counts. To me, she's perfection. And it also broke barriers. Watch full episodes and live stream OWN whenever and wherever you want. It would make me sad that I would have to go and work instead. It was an exclusive talk with Michael Jackson who had refused to be interviewed for 14 years. He felt almost abandoned, even though he was acquitted of the charges. (SINGING) (END VIDEOTAPE). For more stories from OprahMag.com, sign up for our newsletter. LEMON: The case was eventually settled for nearly $20 million, and the suit was dropped in 1994.